Six of us gathered around the hundred-year old table yesterday for our time of critiquing. Fortified with coffee and cookies, we Cozy Critters enjoyed an especially hilarious two hours. I think we were glad to all be together again. Jane, fresh from her Chicago trip, had much to share. She read a recent poem, “The Longest […]
Apr 27, 2016
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night…
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It certainly was a dark and stormy night. It was also a bit sleepless because I stayed awake watching the storms’ progress across the states into Arkansas. I’m thankful for our meteorologists who miss sleep to keep us up on what’s happening in the heavens that affects us here on earth. Last night, it was some pretty […]
Apr 26, 2016
Something Is Brewing
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First thing I do every morning is make coffee. How about you? The fragrance of hot brew permeates the whole house. My sense of smell tells me what’s going on in the kitchen. Besides the actual aroma of a flavorful drink, do you ever sense other things? A child’s frown, an adult’s thoughtful expression say that something […]
Apr 25, 2016
Guilt and Unforgiveness
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Yesterday’s Sunday school lesson centered around forgiveness; at least that was my take-away from it. Esau and Jacob were twins but that seemed to be about all they had in common. You remember the story of how Jacob tricked Esau and also their father Isaac. As I read about the brothers reuniting after twenty years, […]
Apr 20, 2016
What Was on the Old Well?
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Gray, lowering skies this morning. Everything is still, waiting. Waiting for what? April showers? Spring thunderstorms? Another time, another place, Ned McNeil is waiting too. She’s waiting for deputy Gerald Mills to show up. You see, it is on a morning like this…well, not exactly like this, but it is April. However, the morning is […]
Apr 17, 2016
Sunday’s Musical Escapades
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Sunday again, the Lord’s Day, the day we go to church to worship; but, sometimes worship has its lighter moments. Looking back at past posts, I found one I had written three years ago about some of those lighter moments. Many years ago, I was the church pianist or the organist for a church in Tahlequah. During that […]
